Scott’s 6 year JBP Contest Entry

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Here’s an update of my Red pine entries into the Black pine contest. Still mad about the “Mikawa” seeds I bought. Buyer beware I guess. I’ve kept 5.

#1 - this one cracked a bit when I bent it. Lesson learned- double up on the wire. Should be ok.
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#4. I decided to go root over rock with this one.

Here were the rock options. I went with the one on the left

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I secured the tree to the rock with twine (twine will rot eventually). Then positioned the roots, protected them with a bit of sphagnum, and wrapped them tightly to the rock with packing film.
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Finally, potted it up in a pond basket.
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Overall they’re doing fine. A bit less vigorous in my opinion than the batch of black pine seedlings I grew.
 

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So proceeding with my JRP entry into the JBP contest. I used four of my strongest as root grafts on another tree. I started repotting the rest today - moving up to pond baskets!

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Hi, I hope you don't mind sharing some knowledge. When you moved them to the pond baskets, did you just slip-pot them? Or did you work the roots beforehand? I'm asking because I have a couple of Ponderosas that I will be re-potting as well. Thanks!
 

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Hi, I hope you don't mind sharing some knowledge. When you moved them to the pond baskets, did you just slip-pot them? Or did you work the roots beforehand? I'm asking because I have a couple of Ponderosas that I will be re-potting as well. Thanks!
I just did a bit of light root work, keeping the core intact. This season I did dig the seedling soil out a bit, but didn’t repot except for #4. At this stage JBP or JRP could have been bare-rooted, no problem. Not sure about Ponderosa.
 

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I just did a bit of light root work, keeping the core intact. This season I did dig the seedling soil out a bit, but didn’t repot except for #4. At this stage JBP or JRP could have been bare-rooted, no problem. Not sure about Ponderosa.
Hi Scott, thanks so much! I'll do some light root-work as well. now I just need to look for some colander bowls....
 
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